Die for cutting rattan



- (No Model.)

H. HEYWOOD & D. I. PRATT.

DIE FOR GUTTING RATTAN,

N0. 311,658. y Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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Parent DIE FOR CUTTING RATTAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,658,6ated February 3, 1885.

Application filed November 19, 1884.

(No model drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 isa plan View ofourimproved machine I'or working rattan. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is'a front end view of the improved die. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the same on the line so a 2.' Fig. 5 is a side view of the rattan partly split.

in our improved machine we use a die, A, which is held on asuitableplatform, B. Feedrollers 0, having a single groove in the periphery, are arranged in pairs in front of the die, and rollers D, having several grooves in the periphery, are arranged behind it,all the rollers being driven by cog-wheels or other devices, as in other rattan-machines. is provided with two or more bores, a, parallel with each other, and of the diameter of the desired reeds. The front ends of the sides of the bores are tapered and sharpened to form sharp cutting-edges. so as to cut through the rattan-stick very easily. On the sides of the die two or more longitudinal ridges, F, are arranged, which have their front ends tapered and sharpened to form cuttingedges. The rear part ofthe die is made tubular and provided The die A with a single bore, G, and the inner ends of the grooves or recesses betweenthe ridges F are tured outward. In the drawings we haveshown tive small bores, a, and four ridges, F; but the number of each may be vafied as may be desired. The number of grooves bin the rollers D is the same as the number of bores a in the die A. The rattan-stick H is placed between the feed-rollers G, which carry it in the direction 5( of the arrow a, and force its ends against the front end of the die. The sharp cutting-edge of the bores'a and the ridges F split the rattan-stick into as many pieces as there are bores and ridges. bent outward and from each other, and the inner parts or reeds.K,pass through the bores a. The outer parts, J, are forced off the sides of the platform, and the reeds K are seized by the grooved rollers D and pulled through the 61 machine, thus assisting the feed-rollers G in forcing the stick through the die. As the bores a are round, the reeds K will also be round. The reeds can be made with any de sired diameter or cross-section, and the rattan 6 stick is split and the reeds formed in a single operation and by means of a single die or cutter.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 7 Patent An improved die for split-ting rattan, having a series of bores, a, at one end, and a single larger bore, G, at the other end, and pro vidcd with two or more longiturdinal splitting- 7 The outer parts, J, are 

